09/09/2021
Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of its birth, its current age and any other demographic factors including sex and geographic area.
statistics.gov.uk
The data set used for this was: Smoking - Scottish Survey Core Questions
The data was sourced from: statistics.gov.uk
Why it was chosen We chose Smoking as two of the Scottish Government’s National Performance Framework (NPF) National Indicators are relevant to smoking.
There is a strong Public Health focus on reducing the proportion of adults who smoke.
The overview is optimistic.
Whilst numbers are still higher than anyone would like, the long term trend shows a steady reduction in all age groups.
In some areas you are 300% more likely to smoke than in other areas.
Where you live dictates how likely you are to smoke.
There are huge variations around the country, whether they be measured by NHS Health Board or the more granular Local Authority areas.
Essentially the areas with the lowest proportion of smokers are more affluent. The opposite is also true.
More work needs to be in less affluent areas to further reduce the rate of smoking.